in the snow

last week of holidays

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October 26th 2007
Blog - 24 October 2007 After leaving Denver, we drove west through really beautiful scenery and more snow. We passed a few high passes, one being Monarch Pass at 11,000 feet. In the gift shop they had a full display of hunting rifles and pistols but, thankfully, you need American ID with clean record to buy one. We stayed in a beautiful little town called Salida at a lovely motel called the Sil ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more